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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1874. jlVew Series No. 334.
Business Cards.
Walcn-Maktr,
Guilford County
. CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION
.lewder Ac Optician,
Greensboro, N. I*.,
Han constantly on hand
a splendid eMeftlluml .«»
1 .w i... . . Jewelry,
ami aome splendid
Watches nml C/ocfcs,
Wh irli will be Hold < Ihem lor « n«l
Central Executive Oommittee
i I. M Scott, Clim'n, Charles E Shober,
1* F Dully, Jobu B Grelter,
J 1 Scales, Charles G Yates,
.lameK W. Albright.
County Executive Committee
A V Sullivan, I. M So".
my officer interceded in mv behalf anil I
wasp.rdoned. I farther certify that7b. «i7n^?erE'™'Jned'1
do,K,:'r,Lfy thl
court-martial that sentenced in. owing to menr in i„r . ^! ""*•*• »«»ve ,
-y character and mitigating SSL- \^J^S3S\ti\Stft
- twenty-five and locals lifty \*w
rdera, -x «%.-.-k-, %7 ; MugiHinli--'
■ nrerlM, $-'i; Adroiiiii'traU»ri' no-
■•-•!<-. >.'>.'>')—i.i mlrance.
. - for doobla ct-luuiu ftdv«rtiiM*-
tyWitch**, CliHkn, Jewelrv, MMH-MK-chinfX.
eUld PWlol* r"|i:i"'ii i-]..-,i( i»T i ■ t Ml ■UOll
nuticc. Call opposite lh*» Kxpre-** OSee,
Houth Kim 8ireet. lO-ly
iy AD Mhtrtftl iilwk of Gun-, Pistol*.
Cartridges, AT., always on ha ml.
N. H. D. WILSON,
Professional Cards. | LIFE L FIRE INSURINCE JM.RNT,
Greent»b<irn. N. C.,
I*. Mi M-i.NHAMe. JOHN N.STAFLKS.J REPRESENTS fint-elam Company
MtNDENHALL & STAPLES. ■***!*?*£X*~P!!i*VZ.
MT«)i:.\i:v.sAi LAW, THIRTY MILLIONS DOLLARS,
U KBENSBORO, N.C., : and can curry a fell lin.-.t lau i«".
ryoitiiiii, np stairs Wilson A Sho-the
CoansofG nil.ird, Bosk- \,Pr>H Hank, uu.h-r ilicelli.ient rapervlrion
|,... . Poraytbe, Stokes, Kan- af
.. .. IT. 3. Circuit and I W. II. 1111.1..
.-,.. ;»all aatllle. cduo given to ,. . . , , .„ „„;, „„
■,l III
.liun go en lo
Slate, and to
*"l
| ll
.. - i . ■ .'.■•.
i ..• one door North ..I Coart.Hooae.
Jan -'■
M . -. lull., THOS. B. KKIHill,
BALL kS: KBOGH,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
I'p aUira, now Lindsay Building,)
UKKKN8BORO, N. C.
I* If
. M -I II I' J. I. aCAl.EH.
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
Greenaboro, N. C,
1)l:.\l"l U'Kin ili- BtateandFedaeaKJemta.
>..,,■- «ill attend the Probate
, ■ Koikiiigbam County at Wentweetk
. ! ■ afloudayoi efery month.
r:ii>.
who will at all timee In, glad t
all who desire i itber
Life or Piro Policies.
mar U:ly
N. H. D. WILSON. Qua. E. ffliorfi
WILSO.\ 4i UblOBER,
BANK E R8
QRBBN8BORO, A', ft,
(South Ehn Street, oppoeite ExurenOfli
BUY and wll Gold ami Silfer, Bank Nut
Stale and Goeernmenl It !- Kail ft>
Stock, and Bond., A-c.
Cf Receive Money lepoeil anhjeel
SIGHT CHECK; and nllou- inl.rrsl
In klndiiiK.ii limedepoaiUofCUKREKCY
or SPECIE.
Dlncounl Ilu«in».«« I'upHr!
ollections made al all lecessiMf points.
Sept. I nth, ly
"WTA. HOE.NEY,
Joseph A Davis,
J N Nelson,
Arrhibahl Wilson,
JiflinST lilavlnck,
Jsmee N. Millin,
S li Glenn.
Daniel E Albright,
P V Dnftv,
James W Albright,
John W Winebantar, David Coble,
K K 1'iatlni, I> P Fonst,
Lewis I Apple.
Charlea G Yatea,
John UcCulloch,
J I Scales,
Charles E Shnher,
Joan B Uretter,
in, Neeliey,
W W U'likin.
Joseph A McLean,
David C Stuart,
li. H
JJillard, &
Juo. A. Gibuer.
Gilmer
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Slid
SOLII ITORS IN BANKRUPTCT,
!.. id Qraenaboro, oppoaite
I;.-,il.,.w lleuae.
1)l.\i I :i K in Bute and Federal Courts.
. ;.;.un given u
and .
matter* in
ariaing under Inter*
. in lliatricl Court of Western
I Sort!, Carolina. Collections in
. I . i.i..; Court*solicited.
1-72. Wo.ly.
WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
OFTICI-A.3ST,
No.Il South Elm Street, Greensboro, N.C.
HAS a beautiful stock of Watches,
Clocks, Jefjelry, Plated Hare. Pis
tols, Cartridges, Notions, dte. All repair
ing warranted. A large: and line stock nl
Ciold P«-II». dec*>:ly
J. A. PRITCHETT,
CABINET-MAKER.
Furniture Dealer ami Undertaker,
ANNOINCElS lo IIH-ciliaens ol
Greensboro and Guilford Counlv
that lie is better prepareil nuu
than fv.i lo proeide them arith
ri itM ri in:
I I \ I M . -I '»I I. W SI'I KK l\ C.I.IIWEI.I
•.(HIT A « A I.DWELL.
UIIEENSBOBO, N. C.
Ii'l.l. piaeiicein the Superior Ceurt of
>> (i Ifi.rd, Alanance, Kaii.l"!|.h, David-!
i isvlli, K arau, Iredell and Mecklen i
A... in the Bupreme Court of the
in III.- Federal Court at Greensboro!
- lest ii. . in Bankruptcy, and in court.
■ -
>(....] attention given toloauof money,
.ii.l oilier eeeunliea.
III...
D. A. &. R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
Having asso.ia
ted tbetnselvesl
in the practice of'
DENTISTRY, •
respectfully ofl'er.
' their profession-al
services lu the
citizens of
Qroenaboro *ni i!r-J,:,r'*" IO lur,"sn, at t»». hour.
and the siirroun-!""';"'. SSL*?8 ''',"", "5"'' ,"'."' ""i1''''
. I irtll.- other of ,!,„„,, -ui.lll.avek,hl,el,.-nl>eforll1ellse"fll,-|.ll..i..
, . !„■ found al their office oaJ Al. onler. lor lunnture, toth,,. „r Metalic
• . nei np stuns, entrance Eaat I «*"* pr<»ro,.tlw atleaded lu, a
Sin .i.
furniture
■: A
. •^TTfvf^ .CO '".*:£*<
\ chargi
. referenee given, if desired.' , A">- marketahle produce taken in exchange
smctive patroua during u„. i for "ork, il deliver um;,l a I ayetie
ir lifteen yean. SlSttf 'iile»treel.
Work carefully packed and delivered al
I the de(sii /Vic vj CAarnc. Jan.7,-ly.
JOB WORK
■ >l l\ KKV !>«■-.« rlpllon,
Kiecut-ed In (he
VEK1 BEST -STYLE,
Ainl ai New York prices, ui tho
Patriot Job Office.
J. iiii.itMiirn it.
KfnfKHCtflllH* illf*»MII»» 111!" fii
hlii' gtnemllj thai h* ban u
ISclTer Brick liiis a
FLOCK,
peued
ml lb.
at iW
w
GRAIN,
ililtl A
BACOX.
:
M. HOIINIUII A <"*>.,
WkulemleaiMl K.-imi Qroeeta, <-eii€ral CoiiiiiiNslon BttMlne*K.
-.i■ j pn.ni|.; aii-r>iiiii»u ciiiil i-- -.in...
GnwaaDMHia Jen, lui. 1*71.
Jan. 7a lv.
>ttt*ntion Riven i" Bvcmr, Ccfle.-.
Sail, Bacon, Lard, Pinh, suoii
: ..rli.r, Flour. M.-al, Soap
.ud a general tontine o,
feb 11; ly.
Chas. G. Yate?,
M v.M'l AlTt KKK l>F
Tin. Klicel Iron s. topper Ware
VM) .i.-..:.! inUrjUooda, ll«ti«, liuuu and
WIKMI Ware, Lamp*, Crockwry,
W . >, (irocvrI«e, BtoTae, anil an-
• ralh . No. 21 South Elm
. N. ('. Goods w.M low tbi
jan li*; ly
ft
^DoroBoo^^
C.W. %
*•*»»,— -.c-
I \\. SCOTT
.1 . Wholesale iand Retail Dealer in
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
.. "' Era end 'fin ll'ure.
II A l: 1 i i Market St ..Greensboro, N.C.
. on hand a lull stock of goods in
.... - - „■ lowest market rates
I.lv.
W:M:. COLLIITS
Cabinet Maker, I ndcriaker,
and
Wheel-Wright,
r.i Davie aud Sycamore Streets,
Greensboro, .V. (*..
a I WAYS keepss fall line of
ilttalic and Catt I'.urial Catei,
FREDERICK DK.TMKltlM,
Boot & Shoe Maker,
On Davie Street, near Presbyterian Church,
BOOTS and Shoes made U ler In the
shortest notice, at the lowest teiin-.
The be.t of leather, and a yood lil . .KHSI.-
ted. leh l'.l: ly
\Y:IIIIMI anal Itoseuood I'oMat,
li i.in be Inrnisaed and delivered
two hours1 not ice.
A good Hearse always in readiness.
ring of Buggies, Carriage*, 4c., a
I f i ountl J produce good as cash.
febl:ly
1 IHI.OOII MilII.. Pillf -hlna-Us,
-I lor aale by JAS. SL0AK8' SONS.
HC. « 111 is.
CONFECTIONER,
North Elm Street, opposite Court House.
Has in addition to his regular line of
candies, nuts, fruits, tnvs, etc., I foil
stock of SPRING TOYS.
liaby Carriiici-s.
Doll Carriages, *c. Fresh fruits and eon-f.
ctioiieries received weekly, mar Illy
W. SIKES & SONS'!
GROCERS
AND
PROVISION MERCHANTS.
(Caldwell Corner, Greensboro, N. C.)
4«'i Dealer* in
DRY GOODS, Orooene.. Tinwsre, Woo.1 ei.ware. Sugar. CouVe, MohUMSS.Flour,
Meal, Bac.m, Lanl, Ac.
Our goods are all Irssh si ,| new, recenli]
purchased, especially for thi- auwkel, anil
will he coutiuually added lo as the wants ol
the comaiuuily may demand.
Quick sale, and small protit. is our motto.
Give us a call. I'el. PJ:1T
New Crop Cnbn molasM-s
For sale by
JAMES SLOANS SON'S,
March 11, 1874.
Township Ex. Committees.
Washington—J K Kernodle, W N Wright,
Ralph C Scott.
Roek Creek—EL Smith, Robert Thomas,
C A Boon.
Greene—John A Coble. D F Bennett, C M
Mendeuhalt.
Madfson—Isaac Thaeker. He/.ckiah Rnddi
Wm A Walker.
Jetii-rson—W P Wliarmn.Tboa BDonnell,
J W Forbis.
Clav—John C Hunter, N A Haaaer, James
R Coble.
Monroe- Win McMichael, F G Cl.ilcutt,
W P Wbartou.
Gilmer—M M Gladsoo, John L Hendrix,
W W Young.
Feiitress—C A Tucker, S D Elliott, Gee
II Glu>s.
Centre Grove—W F Wright. H C Brown,
P W Wall.
Morchead- I' E Albright, .1 T Smith, Jos
A Weatherly.
finmner-W L Kirkman, A T Millis, W
• s Coffin.
Brace—Chas II Wils J G Gamble. W
Robertson.
Friendship—8 W II Smith, Thus E Cook,
.li; Ector.
Jaiiu-Iowii—W (1 Sapp, W M Wiley, Jno
W Kleemau.
Oak Ridga—In.. 1. King, Chas Case, Thos
.1 BeBhow.
Deep River—Jason Thompson, W Hudson
Meiidenhall, G W Charles.
High Point—I J M Church.G W Williams,
O 8 Causey.
Notice to Poll-Holders.
Hi IIHIIllH T flint tll«> II. It I..11
Law .. null. . "Thai n Inn a
»<il«i i. i I... 11< ii _. <l al Hi. polls.
upoii ilrmaiKl ol' any . Ml/, n or
I IK- «I;I (< . If shall I..' t IK- il.il I ol
Hit- in.].i( lois of the Cl.-rtlon
til i. i|i.li. saiil li.t.-i. Iii'l'ine
In!..- a 11 mi <-d lo i ote, to prove.
I.. ih. oath or some other ■•< ■ ■-
.mi known to these .lu.ii.-i-. tin
tiirl of his residence lor thirty
days previous thereto In the
t ountl in which he purposes to
» Oil'.""
i'l-iiiiinhii'. also, that the
» I. < in.i. IjHiaaja, "Xoelector
shall lie entitled to register or
vote in any other precinct or
towushlpthan theoneln which
lie is an actual or bona fide res-ident
on the day ol election,
and no certificates of registra-tion
shall be given.**
For the Patriot.
The Christian's Hope.
IIV 11. L. C.
There is in every Christian's breast.
A hope of joy and peace.
The hope of an etetual test
'That will never, never cease.
A sweet hope that points on high.
Far above all earthly care.
To the homeof Jesiis in tbe sky,
Wheic God and angels are.
A hope which bids us lil our ayea,
I'l-.n that heavenly place above.
Tin holm- of angels in the sky,
Where all Is peace and love.
Sweet hope oh ! lead us on,
Till we leach that happy shore.
Where loved ones have already gone.
With whom we'll n t lo part no more
Oh ! blessed hope we'll cling to thee,
Thou wilt lead lls to a land of love.
When through all eternity.
We'll sing and praise our God above.
High Point, N. C.
A decision of some importance
|.WM recently rendered by the Su-preme
Court ot Wisconsin in re-hili.
ui lo theipower ot tbe State over
charters of incorporation. The bis
tory of the cm punned upon is in
brief as follows: " The West Wis
cousin railroad received a land
grant, which was expressly ex-empted
from taxation. Much ol
I lie laud so acquired was disposed
ul at public sale to Eastern pur-chasers,
ami was eagerly sought
for on account of the tax-exemption.
The Legiskatnn- afterward repealed
lIn- law exempting' the lands.—
Taxes were extended on them by
the Board of Supervisors of Trein-peauleau
county, aud patmeDt was
refused by the railtoatl company.—
The case went to the Supreme
Court, which has now decided that
the State has full power to alter or
repeal any rights, privileges, or im-munities
derived by charter directly
from the Stste. As for the vested
rights involved, the Court hold that
they amount to notbfhg, for it was
perfectly well known at tbe lime
the lands were sold that the State
might at any time repeal the act of
exempt ion."—liichmoiitl Whin.
To the Voters of the 5th Con-gressional
District.
Col. W. F. Henderson having
flooded the District with his circu
tars, and General Scales being ab-sent
on the campaign and unable
I to look after it, his friends have is-sued
this paper in refutation ot the
absurd, false and slanderous in
siouatious contained in those circu-
I lars. These cirtillcates and letters
of well known gentlemen could be
multiplied to any number, but we
content ourselves with referring to
every honest soldier in the District
-—Republican or Conservative—for
the truth of these statements.
He endeavors to create the false
impression that General Scales
caused some men charged with de-sertion
to be shot during the war.
He tried this same game on the
stump, at Greensboro and other
places, but it so happened that at
each place there were from one to a
half dozen of the General's old Brig-ade,
who promptly, arose and flatly
contradicted to his face the mean
insinuation. The General's old .
companions iu arms, to Henderson's .
discomfiture, seem to take delight
in repelliug these base charges, and ; JRK.XSBOBO, July SO 1W4,
testifymg to his uniform kinduess : . w»s Lieutenant in Company F. and
Ol heart aud popularity with his N. C. Battalion, I know that Capiaius
men. i ""ere compelled to prefer charges against
Two things will be observed. deserters and that they wen tried bv a
1st. That the circular contains only tS^tS^^SSM^S
menu insinuations, anil no direct a good many of Gen. Scales' maa and he
charge that General Scales was iu was popular with them all, as a kind-auy
way responsible for the shoot- ''.'••"l''d °ffl™r- I believe every one of •* . r *■ _ 1 n'ln will fln-m
•_>unu.l. Tinlicn. wwoonnidteerr- ."„",„",". ,,wl 1.!,,'.,,8,ul-',Ph°«rt-,-■"-■„•, ;'„ h,K»v- el.«h,.e:.ar-dr
We tbe .iiider.ir.ned, do certify that the
H Daniel Easick mads the above state
ment in onr presence and also certify that
stance, coupled with the mli?,M iTTT." ^td'ti^ - ' "•" "»"
county of Dav
Carolina
■s a resident of the
ilson and State of North
DAVID K. LINDSAY,
JOB. B. BISLOFF,
W. N. THOMAS.
On or about Aug., loot, OaL Henderson
came to Midway in Davidaou county,
where the regiment of Home Guards were
.tsjionesl and wanted to hire meu to go
and flghtConfederate battles, aud he head-ed
the liat of subscription wits, |Lonu
himself. Colonel Henderson denied this
at Arcadia today bnt I faced him and told
him it was the truth.
, , . Z. GRIFFITH.
Jnly 10th, 187C
We, tbe iiudersigued, hereby certify
ih.: /. Gritlith, «„.,.,■ name is subscribed
to the above, Is a man of good character,
and of truth and veraeity.
W. E. JOHNSON.
JOHN W. HOLLAND,'
E. A. WELFARE,
T. S. 8PAUGH.
The following are referred to as an evi-dence
of the manner in which Col. 1L
gets up his certiOcstea, and of tho impo-sition
be has practiced on the gentlemen,
who, he pretends, signed his Salisbury
certificate:
Ihave just seeu a political circular, is-sued
by CoL W. F. lUnderson, iu which
there is a letter Iron, myself and others.
[Dr. Keen aftergivingat length his rea-sons
for siguing Heuderaon's certificate.
(See letter in full in Greensboro Pat-riot
of «9tb July.) concludes thus."]
.***** H"' »s to
the encomiums upon his character aud his
worthiness to till any office that he might
ask of the Government, I could nut and
ST* souie of them who are not in the habit of j w°nld not endorse, for I would not in
meudstiou for mercy, and asked that I
sbonld be pardoned, aud under thsss cir-cumstances
I was pardoned by General K.
E. Lee. I further certify that the Briga-dier
Generals of the army had nothing to
do as such with tho trials of ui.u for de-sertion,
si.d were not responsible fur their
being shot. They were tried by a court-martial
beyond the control oY the Briga-dier
Generals aud the orders to have those
convicted and shot always came from su-perior
headquarter, aud the officers and
men below were forced to execute these
orders. Gen. Scsles, from whst I know
of tbe usages of the army, is aot at all to
blame for the shooting of his men. I an
a warm supporter of General Scales iu
this election, and will do all I oau to se-cure
bis election. I belonged to General
Lewis' Brigade.
July IS, HJ74. W. F. FORD.
We know the character of W. F. Ford,
whose genuine signature appears withiu,
and say that it is good, and above re-proach.
M. H. PINNIX,
J. C. CLEMENT,
R. H. HUMPHREY,
A. D. C.GUGEB,
C. F. LOWE.
J. H. HARGROVE,
8. W. RICE,
A. L. WATSON.
July IS, le74.
ing ol deserters.
fal ignorance
Congre
surdity
eliable
pass such a fraud aud falsehood ou
the people.
Any one can easily satisfy him- ' LKXIXUTON, N. C. July 11,1874.
self, by reference to 05th and S'.ith Hon. A. M. BCAU* :
Witness, J. W. Scott.
Confederate articles of war, that
General Scales as an otlieer had no
more to do with courts martial, and
the shooting of deserters, than the
humblest private in the army. A
court martial determined tho guilt
or innocence of the accused, and
none but the commander of the ar-
I no: sin: I respond to yours of recent
date iu the form of a certificate. To
premise my statement I think Colonel W.
F. Henderson is doing you a great injus-tice.
I knew you as Colonel aud General
in our late war; was, ss you will remem-ber,
a stall' officer iu your brigade, and
you, like myself and others, had to obev
orders of our superiors ; vaa our dele to
execute and not to ((tiestion. Yon hail no
be used, not only does me, but the other
I gem lemon who signed it, great injustice
in publishing it in a political circular,
: ana nearly every one of them so express
I themselves, aud some go so far as to say
that it is not what they signed.
T. W. KEEN.
Salisbury, N. C, July 23, 1SJ4.
my or of a separate department more to do with the appointment and
could convene a 000ri martial, and 'lualificstiou of court martial thau the
no death penalty oonld be enforced low'"". V"-"'j" «*? »»•»•. charge,
or pardoned, save by his order or
that of the President of the Confed-eracy.
In the progress ot the war rank considered. Yon bad nothing to do
a court martial was estal.lis,h,.-d f,or w* e"l'l'. PII*w2a**«onl?y}"y?o*u™r p "a?inf?u?l "i,l*u,tythU"
each army corps, appointed by the en-cnte the onteta of your mri-or of-
RaiiHhnTv. N. C.,
Julj'-^atli 1HT4.
Dr. T. W. Keen :
Deaf Sir :
I did not sign tbe W. V.
Henderaon recommendatiou thai I aeo in
bis circular hfisiiercd orer the State. Col.
11. pn-M-iiteil it tome, hut it wan stronger
than 1 could higti and I positively refused
BO to do.
Briga'dier Gont-rala had, pei hapx, I however nve him my own ceitilicate
lo with it than any one elso, l^eir as regards the buHin.-se I bad with hiui ;
nothing wore.
Rectpectfullv YOUTH,
W. H. CRAWFORD.
loweal private in the rank
were always profern-d by captains of com-pany
youi _
President, and of one of them*, Boate, You, la my bumble opinion, were
no more responsible for tbe death of those
men than the sherifl of a county when be
hang* a man—according to army regula-tions
aud usages of war.
1 am, yours, reflpoctfullv,
J. II. WELB0BN.
Judge ..oilman, now on the Su
preme Court Bench, by tbe vote of
Ilendersoii and his party, was pres-ident
and controlling spirit and un-der
whose proceedings, by order of
Gen. Lee or the President all the
shooting was done. General Scales
never was on a court martial aud net
er had anything to do icith one, ex-
BaUSBUKT, N. C. July 2-**, l«74.
Col. W. F. Heuilerson read bis letter of
recommendation, or a part of it, to inl-and
stated hid object. I did not under-stand
it as now printed.
T. J. MER0NKY.
Neither did I. A. M SULLIVAN.
I simply understood it as endorsing his
conduct while here, and as an aeseaaor.
Did not read it carefully.
J. D. McNKELY.
GKKKNSIIORO, N. C, July 30, 1874.
It was my duty M Burgeon to supervise
tbe execuiiou of deserters. I waa present
ut the eseentioa of those in Scales' Brig-cept
when he appeared before it in »«»• Tbe certiticatea in Col. Henderson s
behalf of .some of his unfurtllliate c,[cnla[ "fJl,eu b?,nK »l»>t down and not At Col. W. F. Henderson's solicitation I
. «-l i, 1.Tu L-i„ li. ,„ 111 n. alIow'^1 flft**«n minotee to pe»y are abso- Bigr,e,l a letter of recommendation, witb-met.,
which 1..S kind I tart led him |ftl^,W These unfortunate men were ont reading it, supposing, as ho sUted to
to do whenever he could. always ^otined daji beforehand of their me, that it was an endorsement of tho man-
As bearing upon thw point the fate and had ministers of the Gospel sent ner in wbieh be bad oonduoted himself as
.i.llnwiiifr certitic-Jtes are ini.ended to lbelu- Tu*'/ themselves freely con- an assessor of this district, ami nothing
T «• / ti T t Sffi ' -verawl *itb mo about it, and consnlted more. A. J. MOCK,
which eflectually explode this slan-der.
[From Col. John A. Gilmer.]
Gr.KKXSHoKo, N. C, Jnly 38, l-"4.
Cou K. B. WmiKits:
DKAK Snt:—It is a painful thbaght and
cali-ulaied to .-ititu the indignaiion of all
•rood men, that M clloil should be :usde
by political oppooenta to create »R im-pres-
sion among Lhoae who niav not kuow
General A. M. Scales, that he is responsi-ble
for tbe shooting of certain perxous in
hil Uiigaite, who were «o iinl'oitunaie as
to be tried aud condemned by Court
Martial, duritig the war, for desertiou.
Among those who know General Sra'e--.
personally, and art- acquainted with his
character, in which kindliness aud sym-pathy
are pioiuiueiit trails, no denial of
such insinuations is needed. Nor, IncVcdi
is any deuial neeileit among those who are
acquainted with the rules of war which
obtained in the Confederate Arroy.
It therefore can only be hoped by his
opponents, to Impose on the minds of
others_ who, it may be supposed, are ig- i
uorant of these rules or arttclea ot war-ily
these rales II is simply i*atj»anftle for
these charges to be true, for, no whiter I
Conhi f-e .•'"■' eicept by the judgmtMit and
sentence of a Ocaefvl Court Martuif. anil
no General Court Martial could convene at
v ith me aa to the manner iu which they
wished the jwuteuce carried out, so as to
make it as little painful as possible. It
is equally false that General Scales over
bad or einild have ha. any man shot. I Mi(, „„„,,„,.„„ 8i , b „Vfnl lieB
. sanshed that ho was a. mach grieved (|f ^ plMfc , c*r|ify tu.t IoIlIy,ilfnod
toe two first psragrapha of said cireular,
SAI i-ii- itv, N. C, July-.".', 1874.
I have seen W. F. Hendersou's circular,
which there is a recommendation of
whinh refers to the discbarge of bis ofll
cial ditties. I signed this much of It in
his ..Mice in this place after dusk, aud read
wbat I si&rne«l, and if there was anything
further than stated above it was so con-cealed
as not to be observed by me.
P. P. MEKONEY.
Radical Robbery in Louisiana.
An exchange gives the lollowing
account of the last scheme adopted
by tbe Radical thieves for robbing
If convicted the down trodden people of tbe poor
Coneertiny Sugar into Diamonds.
—A French chemist is nourishing
the hope of turning bis laboratory
into a diamond mine. The chief
material with which be works is
sugar. By exposing tbe perfectly-borned
article to a temperature ol
1,800 deg. Fahr., in a closed vessel
without access of air, be has already
obtained a carbon cylinder bard
euougb to cut glass. By this meus
uie of success he is encouraged to
continue his experiment", in full
faith that be will yet be able to
trauslorm the products ot tbe beet
and cane into black diamonds, if
not colorless ones. The idea that
liquid gems course the veins of
these saccharine vegetables is a
marvelous one, and certainly daz-zling
to those engaged in raising
sugar-yielding crops.
Grant has begun the campaign
for the third term.
at these elecutious as any man in tbe
army. He was the kindest cwmmauder
to his men the brigade ever had. and I
served under all of them. I appeal to
any honest soldier of tbe llrigad. tor the
truth of this assertion. When tbe cap-taius,
as they were forced to do, sent up
the charges for desertion snd they came
through the Colonel to the Brigadier, the
latter could do nothing whatever except
lo endorse the paper "respectfully for-warded,"
snd send thsm up to officers of
superior rank, aud then the General com-manding
had t li. in transferred lo the
Judge Adv..cate and the court-martial,
which was outsiue of his brigade, and
had no .tiiiii.ctii.u with It.
the Ce.i...al-in-cln. f approved the verdict oppressed aud over powered Pelican
and ordered them to be shot. Stale •
Those who carried ont the sentence did ■J'5!L" .... , . . ... .
it just as a sheriff would bang a man con- The political harpies that have
deemed to be huug by the court, aud had set themselves to plunder Louisiana
ui. more control over it. have been indefatigable in their
I e»i, say furthermore that I uevercalle. , M roD tbe honest citizens
on the ireneral in my lite, or suggested to ""■ , , , „ , . , .. ...
him anvthiug for tbe comfort an? welfare and rightful property-holders of the
of his men that he didn't cheerfully aud State. Tlu-y have already tried
except nuon tho older of the llelieral I readily grant it, whan ill his power aud Mveral, known Variously a8 the
maaatao ilu aram, or l.y an officer i■•■■«- ; actively co-operate with me in anything ofc. v..__j a.„.| u,.|,„rrto Merii-m
au-arfis. ■• Otf^tment. And even this an- „,„, „, ».„ *£ fur thBir banefiU I WM f,h,P /
Ifland C.anBl "*?*U,"f.1, ™"
thortty waa still more .estiicteil and | w,,i, mv regiment from th* beginning to Gulf Canal scheme, etc.; they have
the end of the war.
II A. CHEEK.
Surgeon i2d N. C. Regiment,
Acting yro urn. tsurgeon of Brigade.
guarded iu the Southern army, hy the .
pas-ago of an act, on the 9th of October r
l-r.-J, which organized a military court for I
each Army corps, over which, ortieers in I
the field had no control, and which alone ,
had the power to trv and condemn for |
I GIIEKNSBOKI., N. C, July 30th, 1*74.
I was (.'apt. of company M, tM Kegt.
i which was knowu afterwards as cV-ale'i
kept the people impoverished by
overvalnation and excessive taxa-tion,
but the boldest and most di-rect
plan of robbery is now under
' going the test of experience. Some
time ago a project was advanced ot
entering a large portion of the
aches of military lew, and even their
judgments, which extended to the taking
of life, to IK-approved bv the authorities ' '" «■■"«■• «"» --"«-»—«■- — ---•«—-■- , tu«""S ».-.»« ,~...™ -.
at the seat of tiovernment, a. Biebmond, Bfigad* in the army no man could b. 8wamp lands around New Orleans
before they .onld be carried Into ex.-...- j shot a. a daaertar, •««Pt°%"'h?*"d: ^s subject to tidal overflow, under
,h.. public will | L%^^o^of1ll.S^^S^^ act of Congress providing
my. A Brigadier General bail i for such entries, at the rate of twen
readily see how unfounded is tho insinu-ation'that
any out w.ls shot by General
Scales' order. Kespt-clfullv.
J. A. G1LHEB.
LBXIHOTOK, July'-".', 1-74.
I hereby certify that I was in Gen. A. j
M. Scales' brigade iu the war; that be I
never ordered any man to be shot, but |
only obeyed the orders of hia superior |
oft'n-ers. and would in all probability have
been shot himself if he had refused to
obey : and it is very unjust to throw upon
him the responsibility of men Mug Hot,
when he really bad uo control over the
matter. General Scales was kind to his
men and very popular with them, and I
never beard auv complaint against bias.
T. S. WELFARE.
The undersigned are well acquainted
with Mr. Welfare, whose name is sub-scribed
above, and know him to be a man
of anod character and of unnnestioned
veracity. kVC. B0BBIH4 y .1.11. HAKOKOVE,
II. B. KOBEKT*.
K. II. HI Ml'llKEYS.
LEXINOIOS, July 29, li74.
I was in the Confederate army, and my
n is that the army regulations
under
ing tli
ll,.
> pov rer it and nothing to do, a
,urt Martial.
J. M. ODELL.
Ihmg
ouch, with a General Court Martial.
The followiug shows what Henderson
who claims to have been such an unflinch-ing
Union man, was doing at the very
time he falsely charges General Scales
with sbuoting deserters.
Rich Fork u c June 23d 1HC4.
GOT. Z. B. Vance
Dear Su it is the desire of niauey per-sons
that you should come to High Point
make a speech and I think you conld do
as much good for your self and make as
mane; vots by coming there as any place
in the state you will have to heare you a
gnat niauey from Davidson Coouty that
was not to heare you at Lexington and I
think for that efort to be made you can
beat > our opponent iu both County Da-vidsou
.V Guilford--
Your obedient servt
W. >'. Henderson
P. S. I ahall take tbe atnmp for yon on
recollectio.. - every ...cation that I can do you any
required charges against men to be mad.. 0l||xl
by esauan othcers: then a court-martial I
w:as called consisting of men msttafcof the ; , 1)anil.i Eaeiek,do certify that Col. W.
brigade to which the man to l>e tried be- .. Uell,[eriwn uu, to my house duriug
longed : so that General Scales eeaU have , a, |1|( (,(,J., h„llr of m-„bt> with.
had nothing t» do with shooting men in , ^ .olhoritT „f i»w, (he being asecos-lus
brigade, except to execute the orders i >ionl,t , ar,„,»a me, committed me to
of officer- superior n. rank to himself, | n in tbe county of Davidson, mat giv-npon
a conviction by a conrt-martial out- ' lh nvihf, ol giving an* aecur-lirfr
of hiaown brigade: and he must have ;f.,,„„./ be ^o^g tu,t I waa op-done
this at the peril of Being Umsau | - .,, to tlie war and no other Ituo„. i
also certify that I know that tbe aaid
Henderson searched barns on the same
night at the dead boor of night with a
pine torch to arrest men to send to the
army of the Confederate States,
hia
DANIEL M ESSICK.
mark.
cashiered or shot upon refusal i<> obey.
F. 0. BOBBINS.
Mr. Ford, whose certificate Hen-derson
parades, says:
I hereby certify that I have given a cer-tificate
to W. F. Henderson tbe Republi-can
nominee for Congress that Haj. Ball,
ty-flve cents an acre. A company
was formed, inclnding leading Radi-cal
politicians, and certificates were
Issued to pretty much all the valu-able
land in the rear of city, inclnd-ing
thousands of acres never Bnbject
to overflow. These lands had been
held under Spanish titles for eighty-years,
and their owners have paid
taxes on them for a quarter ot a
century. But suddenly the proprie-tors
were called upon to appear be-fore
the Register and Receiver of
the city and make good their titles
against the would-be squatters.—
Some did so, bnt the Canal Bank
declined to submit its title to such
a tribunal, and consequently these
officers rendered a decision in favor
of the squatters, which the United
States Commissioner of the Land
Office of course sustained. Conld
such an iniqnitons ruling hold it
would sweep nearly all the land in
the rear of tbe city belonging to old
residents into the hands of Radical
■peculators; bnt shameless as tbe
political role in Louisiana haa been,
it will bo bard to believe that the
Republic of the United States will
directly sustain a band of thievish
ml venturers in robbing the citizens
of Louisiana of their property and
their homes.
Klaaing in Church.
A clergyman in Columbia, Pa.,
on a recent Sunday evening saw
a young man aud woman under the
gallery iu tbe act of kissing each
other behind a hymn book. Now
what did he do 1 lie did not atorm
about tbe pulpit nor did he call ou
a deacon to intervene. He preecrv
ed an uurnffled tranquillity, and
when the yonng man had indulged
asthe rePetit|on<' osculation for the
nOeeuth time, the parson broke off
his sermon, aud offered this fervent
prayer: "O Lord, bless and enlight
eu the youug man in the pink neck
tie aud the maideu in the blue bon-net
and grey shawl, who are profan-ing
thy sanctuary by kissing each
other iu Pew N. 68.*" And the con
gregatiou said "Amen!" Then the
yonng woman suddenly pulled be
veil down, aud the yonng man in-audibly
repeated the beatitudes, or
something like them, uo doubt.
At any rate the prayer was appoint
ed to convey a lesson to the oonplc
whobeleivein churchly courtship,
and it did it effectively.— tVoWrn
Age.
Death Amotj the Chinese.
Death in China is awarded as the
punishment tor the most trivial of-fences,
and frequently for noue nt
all, except being in somebody's
way. A story was told to me as a
fact that during the visit of one of
our royal princes, a thett was com
mitted of a chain or watch belong
lug to the royal guest. The uu for-tunate
attendant was caught with
the property npon him, aud without
further ceremony bis head was
chopped off. The mandarin in at-tendance
immediately announced
the tidings to the prince as a deli-cate
attention, showing how devoted
he was in his service. To his as
tonisbment the prince expressed
great regret that tbe man's head
had been taken off. " 1'our high
ness," cried the obsequious inauda-riu,
bowing to the ground, "It
shall immediately lie put on again !"
so little did he understand that the
regret was for the life takeu, and
uot the severed head. In times of
insurrection or famine the mowing
down of human lite is like corn-stalks
at harvest time, appalling to
Kuro-ieuii ideas. I must confess to
a nervous shuddering wheu I stu.nl
upon the execution ground at Can-ton—
a narrow lane or Potter's field
—where so many hundreds had
been butchered pet dit-m during
weeks together, the executioner re-quiring
the aid ol two smiths to
shar-ieu his swords; for many of
the wretched victims were not de-stroyed
at one fell swoop, but sen-tenced
to be " backed to pieces'"
by twenty to fifty blows. I was in-formed
by a Kjrn-ieaii who hail
travelled nineh and seen most of
tbe frightful sides of life that wit-nessing
Chinese executions was
more than his iron nerves could
stand, aud in some of the details
which he was narrating I was
obliged to beg him to desist And
yet he said there was nothing sol
emn about it, and the s-iectators
looked ou amused. It was the hor-rible
and the grotesque combined.—
Temple Bar.
Billy finds his record a very heavy
thing to " tote."
"This infernal record is getting so
heavy that it nearly crnshes me.r
A Frightful Picture 1
The Charleston News aud Courier
says:
"The area of laud in nineteen of
the thirty-two couuties ol South
Carolina sold or forfeited for non-payment
of taxes during the cur-rent
year, is equal to one-half of
tho area of the State of Rhode Is-land,
aud is equal to the European
Grand Duchy of Saxe-Corburg
Gotha, which has all tho parapher-nalia
of a court, and supports a
population of 15.1,ft7!i. When the
returns come from the remaining
thirteen counties iu South Carolina,
it will doubtless be found that the
area of land sold or forfeited (or
taxes this year an* last year will
largely exceed the area of many ..I
the Kuropean Principalities and
Duchies, and possibly equal the
whole area ot Rhode Island or Dela-ware.*
1
TJiis area in the nineteen counties
amounts to 141! square mile Sold
for State and county taxes; in the
entire State KM square miles have
beeu forfeited to tbe State at tax
sales during tbe current year—in
all 437,1J9 acres!
If tho people of North Carolina
want to see this same thing in their
State let them allow the negroes
anil their handful of white allies to
carry the elections next month.
This is what Radicalism means anil
what it is working for in every
Southern State. If the white peo-ple
of North Carolina by divisions
and discords among themselves,
and by tolerating "independent"'
candidates, lose political control,
they will deserve no bettor fate thau
has overtaken |ioor South Carolina.
Wilmington Journal.
Mr. and Mrs. Tilton.—Whilst be
fore the investigating committee
Mr. Tilton is reported to have said :
"One great grievance of my wife
was that I was not a clergyman ;
thank God, I am not a minister:
I want you to put it down Mr. Sten-ographer,
I dispise the church, I
despise the creeds. Not but that
I am a religious man though ; I am
a religious man : I love God but
I despise the church; I saw the
cowardice of the church iu the great
anti slavery fight, and it has always
beeu false; but Elizabeth has always
had a reverence for the church, and
she has been greatly disturbed lie-cause
I conld not receive tbe doc-trine
of tbe divinity of the Lord
Jesus Christ; I could not receive it;
I bad to reject it, and it disturbed
her very much. It is a sort of
keystone to her whole faith that
Christ is divine, and my refusal to
believe it has been the subject of
many conversations and mauy of
her prayers; she s'icuds whole
hours on her knees in prayer; a
whiter-souled woman does not live
this day thau Elizabeth Tilton."'
Patrons of Husbandry.
We give below tho number of
subordinate granges iu tho different.
States of the Union on the lstdny
of June, as shown by the official
records of tho National ("range:
\«w Jersey 78
New York 2IC
North Carolina 3S9
Ohio :n7
Oregon lot
Pennsylvania.. ','-I
South Carolina '."Ll
Tennessee KKI
Texas 4>HI
Vermont |Sf0
West Virginia. K,
Virginia !«;»
Ontario I>
Wisconsin 407
Colorado C\
Dakota 53
Dist. Columbia. I
Idaho 7
Montana...... l'.l
Washington... H
Canada 'J
Alabama.... i'i|
Arkansas— 4\M
California ... aTM
Connecticut.. :t
Delaware.... 111
Florida 64
Georgia Cln
Illinois 1,4*1
Indiana 1,9ns
Iowa l.ir.i.-.
K.n.a- 1,331
Ken I nekv 1,101
Louisiana.... ISS
Maiue «7
Maryland 101
Massachusetts :.i.
Michigan 400
Minnesota !,:«
Mississippi... 69-.'
Missouri 1,9*9
Grant is worrying himself to
death with the cares of State at
Long Branch.
The Check Rein.—Why is it that
80 many of our farmers, and nearly
all of our city carters, insist on
using a tight rein on working
horses T When a horse left to his
natural inclination has a heavy load
to pull, be can best exert his back
bone into oue continuous line, and
this he will invariab'y do if not pre-vented
by a tight check-rein. Some
claim that it prevents a horse from
falling down, and when a man can
raise himself over a fence by a lift
of bis sus) eiders, we will believe
it When a horse falls a tight rein
will most effectually preveut him
from getting on to bis feet again.
Try it without the rein, and see it
we are uot correct in our nractice
and theory both.—.Journal of the
Farm. ^^^^^^^^^
Medicai View of Asparagus.—A
medical correspondent of an Eng-lish
journal says that tho advan-tages
of asparagus are not suffi-ciently
estimated by those who suf-fer
with rheumatism, who are cured
in a few days by feeding on this
delicious esculent, and more chronic
cases are much relieved, especially
if tbe patient avoids all acids,
whether in food or beverage. The
Jerusalem artichoke has also a sim-ilar
effect in relieving rheumatism.
The heads may be eaten in the usual
way, bnt tea made from the leaves
of the stalk and drank three or four
times a day, is a certain remedy,
though not equally agreeable.
Nebraska SS7
N. Hampshire 31
Making iu tho aggregate l!i, I'.u
subordinate granges on the 1st of
June. Granges are being organized
at the average rate ol twenty-five
per day, which, up to tbe present,
would swell the number to 20,000.
These granges, on an average, num-ber
fifty votes, and it requires no
figuring to show tint to-day there
are in tho United States 1,000,000
voters who are Patrons of Hus-bandry.
Where It All Cornea from.
A writer on " hair" says:
"Though tho day for the best
bargains has gone, it is still not un-common
to obtain a magnificent
chereUure from the Bretou peasant.
for a gaudy cotton handkerchief or
a twenty sous pair of ear-rings.
Tying his horse to a spreading tree,
the hair-monger, armed with a iorm-idable
pair of scissors, soon attracts
a crowd of village maidens, who,
after a little haggling, submit to be
sheared like so mauy sheep. After
dexterously and gracefully clippiug
the locks he deposits them, neatly
tied, in his baskets and Jeannie is
liberated, to be greeted with shouts
aud laughter from her companions,
for so well has the work been done
that her head haa tbe appearance
of being shaved. No where but iu
Brittany will tbe girls submit to
this wholesale cropping, insisting
upon preserving a few thin locks at
least ol nature's fairest gifts. In
that province, however, where the
oustom is lor women to wear hid
eons, close fitting caps, hair which
would be tho glory of American
ladies is useless, aud it is there that
the hair-merchant reaps his nuuesl
harvest.''
KdiUnr.—An editor tz a male be-ing
whose business iz to navigate a
unzepaper. He writes editorials,
grinds out 'Hietry, insertsdetIts ami
weddens, sorts out ninnnskripts.
keeps a want* bftmket, blows np the
•devil,' steals matter. II w other
people's battles, sells In/ i..|.-
two dollars ami fifty cents a year,
takes white beons aud apple sa-s
for pay when lie kin git it, raizes a
large family, works nineteen hours
ont of every twenty-four, knoze no
Sunday, gits damd by everybody,
and ouce in a while wbipt hi some
body, wbeu he cant run, lives poor,
dies middle-aged and often broken
hearted, leaves no money, iz re-warded
for a life uv toil with a
short but free obituary puff in tho
nuzepapers. Exchanges pleaze copy.
Josh Billings-
Substitute the word Conservative
for Republican iu the above and it
expresses onr sentiments to a dot-

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Walcn-Maktr,
Guilford County
. CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATION
.lewder Ac Optician,
Greensboro, N. I*.,
Han constantly on hand
a splendid eMeftlluml .«»
1 .w i... . . Jewelry,
ami aome splendid
Watches nml C/ocfcs,
Wh irli will be Hold < Ihem lor « n«l
Central Executive Oommittee
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1* F Dully, Jobu B Grelter,
J 1 Scales, Charles G Yates,
.lameK W. Albright.
County Executive Committee
A V Sullivan, I. M So".
my officer interceded in mv behalf anil I
wasp.rdoned. I farther certify that7b. «i7n^?erE'™'Jned'1
do,K,:'r,Lfy thl
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■•-•!.'>.'>')—i.i mlrance.
. - for doobla ct-luuiu ftdv«rtiiM*-
tyWitch**, CliHkn, Jewelrv, MMH-MK-chinfX.
eUld PWlol* r"|i:i"'ii i-]..-,i( i»T i ■ t Ml ■UOll
nuticc. Call opposite lh*» Kxpre-** OSee,
Houth Kim 8ireet. lO-ly
iy AD Mhtrtftl iilwk of Gun-, Pistol*.
Cartridges, AT., always on ha ml.
N. H. D. WILSON,
Professional Cards. | LIFE L FIRE INSURINCE JM.RNT,
Greent»bH Hank, uu.h-r ilicelli.ient rapervlrion
|,... . Poraytbe, Stokes, Kan- af
.. .. IT. 3. Circuit and I W. II. 1111.1..
.-,.. ;»all aatllle. cduo given to ,. . . , , .„ „„;, „„
■,l III
.liun go en lo
Slate, and to
*"l
| ll
.. - i . ■ .'.■•.
i ..• one door North ..I Coart.Hooae.
Jan -'■
M . -. lull., THOS. B. KKIHill,
BALL kS: KBOGH,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
I'p aUira, now Lindsay Building,)
UKKKN8BORO, N. C.
I* If
. M -I II I' J. I. aCAl.EH.
SCALES & SCALES,
Attorneys at Law,
Greenaboro, N. C,
1)l:.\l"l U'Kin ili- BtateandFedaeaKJemta.
>..,,■- «ill attend the Probate
, ■ Koikiiigbam County at Wentweetk
. ! ■ afloudayoi efery month.
r:ii>.
who will at all timee In, glad t
all who desire i itber
Life or Piro Policies.
mar U:ly
N. H. D. WILSON. Qua. E. ffliorfi
WILSO.\ 4i UblOBER,
BANK E R8
QRBBN8BORO, A', ft,
(South Ehn Street, oppoeite ExurenOfli
BUY and wll Gold ami Silfer, Bank Nut
Stale and Goeernmenl It !- Kail ft>
Stock, and Bond., A-c.
Cf Receive Money lepoeil anhjeel
SIGHT CHECK; and nllou- inl.rrsl
In klndiiiK.ii limedepoaiUofCUKREKCY
or SPECIE.
Dlncounl Ilu«in».«« I'upHr!
ollections made al all lecessiMf points.
Sept. I nth, ly
"WTA. HOE.NEY,
Joseph A Davis,
J N Nelson,
Arrhibahl Wilson,
JiflinST lilavlnck,
Jsmee N. Millin,
S li Glenn.
Daniel E Albright,
P V Dnftv,
James W Albright,
John W Winebantar, David Coble,
K K 1'iatlni, I> P Fonst,
Lewis I Apple.
Charlea G Yatea,
John UcCulloch,
J I Scales,
Charles E Shnher,
Joan B Uretter,
in, Neeliey,
W W U'likin.
Joseph A McLean,
David C Stuart,
li. H
JJillard, &
Juo. A. Gibuer.
Gilmer
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Slid
SOLII ITORS IN BANKRUPTCT,
!.. id Qraenaboro, oppoaite
I;.-,il.,.w lleuae.
1)l.\i I :i K in Bute and Federal Courts.
. ;.;.un given u
and .
matter* in
ariaing under Inter*
. in lliatricl Court of Western
I Sort!, Carolina. Collections in
. I . i.i..; Court*solicited.
1-72. Wo.ly.
WATCH-MAKER, JEWELER AND
OFTICI-A.3ST,
No.Il South Elm Street, Greensboro, N.C.
HAS a beautiful stock of Watches,
Clocks, Jefjelry, Plated Hare. Pis
tols, Cartridges, Notions, dte. All repair
ing warranted. A large: and line stock nl
Ciold P«-II». dec*>:ly
J. A. PRITCHETT,
CABINET-MAKER.
Furniture Dealer ami Undertaker,
ANNOINCElS lo IIH-ciliaens ol
Greensboro and Guilford Counlv
that lie is better prepareil nuu
than fv.i lo proeide them arith
ri itM ri in:
I I \ I M . -I '»I I. W SI'I KK l\ C.I.IIWEI.I
•.(HIT A « A I.DWELL.
UIIEENSBOBO, N. C.
Ii'l.l. piaeiicein the Superior Ceurt of
>> (i Ifi.rd, Alanance, Kaii.l"!|.h, David-!
i isvlli, K arau, Iredell and Mecklen i
A... in the Bupreme Court of the
in III.- Federal Court at Greensboro!
- lest ii. . in Bankruptcy, and in court.
■ -
>(....] attention given toloauof money,
.ii.l oilier eeeunliea.
III...
D. A. &. R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
Having asso.ia
ted tbetnselvesl
in the practice of'
DENTISTRY, •
respectfully ofl'er.
' their profession-al
services lu the
citizens of
Qroenaboro *ni i!r-J,:,r'*" IO lur,"sn, at t»». hour.
and the siirroun-!""';"'. SSL*?8 ''',"", "5"'' ,"'."' ""i1''''
. I irtll.- other of ,!,„„,, -ui.lll.avek,hl,el,.-nl>eforll1ellse"fll,-|.ll..i..
, . !„■ found al their office oaJ Al. onler. lor lunnture, toth,,. „r Metalic
• . nei np stuns, entrance Eaat I «*"* pr- marketahle produce taken in exchange
smctive patroua during u„. i for "ork, il deliver um;,l a I ayetie
ir lifteen yean. SlSttf 'iile»treel.
Work carefully packed and delivered al
I the de(sii /Vic vj CAarnc. Jan.7,-ly.
JOB WORK
■ >l l\ KKV !>«■-.« rlpllon,
Kiecut-ed In (he
VEK1 BEST -STYLE,
Ainl ai New York prices, ui tho
Patriot Job Office.
J. iiii.itMiirn it.
KfnfKHCtflllH* illf*»MII»» 111!" fii
hlii' gtnemllj thai h* ban u
ISclTer Brick liiis a
FLOCK,
peued
ml lb.
at iW
w
GRAIN,
ililtl A
BACOX.
:
M. HOIINIUII A .,
WkulemleaiMl K.-imi Qroeeta, iiiii»u ciiiil i-- -.in...
GnwaaDMHia Jen, lui. 1*71.
Jan. 7a lv.
>ttt*ntion Riven i" Bvcmr, Ccfle.-.
Sail, Bacon, Lard, Pinh, suoii
: ..rli.r, Flour. M.-al, Soap
.ud a general tontine o,
feb 11; ly.
Chas. G. Yate?,
M v.M'l AlTt KKK l>F
Tin. Klicel Iron s. topper Ware
VM) .i.-..:.! inUrjUooda, ll«ti«, liuuu and
WIKMI Ware, Lamp*, Crockwry,
W . >, (irocvrI«e, BtoTae, anil an-
• ralh . No. 21 South Elm
. N. ('. Goods w.M low tbi
jan li*; ly
ft
^DoroBoo^^
C.W. %
*•*»»,— -.c-
I \\. SCOTT
.1 . Wholesale iand Retail Dealer in
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
.. "' Era end 'fin ll'ure.
II A l: 1 i i Market St ..Greensboro, N.C.
. on hand a lull stock of goods in
.... - - „■ lowest market rates
I.lv.
W:M:. COLLIITS
Cabinet Maker, I ndcriaker,
and
Wheel-Wright,
r.i Davie aud Sycamore Streets,
Greensboro, .V. (*..
a I WAYS keepss fall line of
ilttalic and Catt I'.urial Catei,
FREDERICK DK.TMKltlM,
Boot & Shoe Maker,
On Davie Street, near Presbyterian Church,
BOOTS and Shoes made U ler In the
shortest notice, at the lowest teiin-.
The be.t of leather, and a yood lil . .KHSI.-
ted. leh l'.l: ly
\Y:IIIIMI anal Itoseuood I'oMat,
li i.in be Inrnisaed and delivered
two hours1 not ice.
A good Hearse always in readiness.
ring of Buggies, Carriage*, 4c., a
I f i ountl J produce good as cash.
febl:ly
1 IHI.OOII MilII.. Pillf -hlna-Us,
-I lor aale by JAS. SL0AK8' SONS.
HC. « 111 is.
CONFECTIONER,
North Elm Street, opposite Court House.
Has in addition to his regular line of
candies, nuts, fruits, tnvs, etc., I foil
stock of SPRING TOYS.
liaby Carriiici-s.
Doll Carriages, *c. Fresh fruits and eon-f.
ctioiieries received weekly, mar Illy
W. SIKES & SONS'!
GROCERS
AND
PROVISION MERCHANTS.
(Caldwell Corner, Greensboro, N. C.)
4«'i Dealer* in
DRY GOODS, Orooene.. Tinwsre, Woo.1 ei.ware. Sugar. CouVe, MohUMSS.Flour,
Meal, Bac.m, Lanl, Ac.
Our goods are all Irssh si ,| new, recenli]
purchased, especially for thi- auwkel, anil
will he coutiuually added lo as the wants ol
the comaiuuily may demand.
Quick sale, and small protit. is our motto.
Give us a call. I'el. PJ:1T
New Crop Cnbn molasM-s
For sale by
JAMES SLOANS SON'S,
March 11, 1874.
Township Ex. Committees.
Washington—J K Kernodle, W N Wright,
Ralph C Scott.
Roek Creek—EL Smith, Robert Thomas,
C A Boon.
Greene—John A Coble. D F Bennett, C M
Mendeuhalt.
Madfson—Isaac Thaeker. He/.ckiah Rnddi
Wm A Walker.
Jetii-rson—W P Wliarmn.Tboa BDonnell,
J W Forbis.
Clav—John C Hunter, N A Haaaer, James
R Coble.
Monroe- Win McMichael, F G Cl.ilcutt,
W P Wbartou.
Gilmer—M M Gladsoo, John L Hendrix,
W W Young.
Feiitress—C A Tucker, S D Elliott, Gee
II Glu>s.
Centre Grove—W F Wright. H C Brown,
P W Wall.
Morchead- I' E Albright, .1 T Smith, Jos
A Weatherly.
finmner-W L Kirkman, A T Millis, W
• s Coffin.
Brace—Chas II Wils J G Gamble. W
Robertson.
Friendship—8 W II Smith, Thus E Cook,
.li; Ector.
Jaiiu-Iowii—W (1 Sapp, W M Wiley, Jno
W Kleemau.
Oak Ridga—In.. 1. King, Chas Case, Thos
.1 BeBhow.
Deep River—Jason Thompson, W Hudson
Meiidenhall, G W Charles.
High Point—I J M Church.G W Williams,
O 8 Causey.
Notice to Poll-Holders.
Hi IIHIIllH T flint tll«> II. It I..11
Law .. null. . "Thai n Inn a
»unu.l. Tinlicn. wwoonnidteerr- ."„",„",". ,,wl 1.!,,'.,,8,ul-',Ph°«rt-,-■"-■„•, ;'„ h,K»v- el.«h,.e:.ar-dr
We tbe .iiider.ir.ned, do certify that the
H Daniel Easick mads the above state
ment in onr presence and also certify that
stance, coupled with the mli?,M iTTT." ^td'ti^ - ' "•" "»"
county of Dav
Carolina
■s a resident of the
ilson and State of North
DAVID K. LINDSAY,
JOB. B. BISLOFF,
W. N. THOMAS.
On or about Aug., loot, OaL Henderson
came to Midway in Davidaou county,
where the regiment of Home Guards were
.tsjionesl and wanted to hire meu to go
and flghtConfederate battles, aud he head-ed
the liat of subscription wits, |Lonu
himself. Colonel Henderson denied this
at Arcadia today bnt I faced him and told
him it was the truth.
, , . Z. GRIFFITH.
Jnly 10th, 187C
We, tbe iiudersigued, hereby certify
ih.: /. Gritlith, «„.,.,■ name is subscribed
to the above, Is a man of good character,
and of truth and veraeity.
W. E. JOHNSON.
JOHN W. HOLLAND,'
E. A. WELFARE,
T. S. 8PAUGH.
The following are referred to as an evi-dence
of the manner in which Col. 1L
gets up his certiOcstea, and of tho impo-sition
be has practiced on the gentlemen,
who, he pretends, signed his Salisbury
certificate:
Ihave just seeu a political circular, is-sued
by CoL W. F. lUnderson, iu which
there is a letter Iron, myself and others.
[Dr. Keen aftergivingat length his rea-sons
for siguing Heuderaon's certificate.
(See letter in full in Greensboro Pat-riot
of «9tb July.) concludes thus."]
.***** H"' »s to
the encomiums upon his character aud his
worthiness to till any office that he might
ask of the Government, I could nut and
ST* souie of them who are not in the habit of j w°nld not endorse, for I would not in
meudstiou for mercy, and asked that I
sbonld be pardoned, aud under thsss cir-cumstances
I was pardoned by General K.
E. Lee. I further certify that the Briga-dier
Generals of the army had nothing to
do as such with tho trials of ui.u for de-sertion,
si.d were not responsible fur their
being shot. They were tried by a court-martial
beyond the control oY the Briga-dier
Generals aud the orders to have those
convicted and shot always came from su-perior
headquarter, aud the officers and
men below were forced to execute these
orders. Gen. Scsles, from whst I know
of tbe usages of the army, is aot at all to
blame for the shooting of his men. I an
a warm supporter of General Scales iu
this election, and will do all I oau to se-cure
bis election. I belonged to General
Lewis' Brigade.
July IS, HJ74. W. F. FORD.
We know the character of W. F. Ford,
whose genuine signature appears withiu,
and say that it is good, and above re-proach.
M. H. PINNIX,
J. C. CLEMENT,
R. H. HUMPHREY,
A. D. C.GUGEB,
C. F. LOWE.
J. H. HARGROVE,
8. W. RICE,
A. L. WATSON.
July IS, le74.
ing ol deserters.
fal ignorance
Congre
surdity
eliable
pass such a fraud aud falsehood ou
the people.
Any one can easily satisfy him- ' LKXIXUTON, N. C. July 11,1874.
self, by reference to 05th and S'.ith Hon. A. M. BCAU* :
Witness, J. W. Scott.
Confederate articles of war, that
General Scales as an otlieer had no
more to do with courts martial, and
the shooting of deserters, than the
humblest private in the army. A
court martial determined tho guilt
or innocence of the accused, and
none but the commander of the ar-
I no: sin: I respond to yours of recent
date iu the form of a certificate. To
premise my statement I think Colonel W.
F. Henderson is doing you a great injus-tice.
I knew you as Colonel aud General
in our late war; was, ss you will remem-ber,
a stall' officer iu your brigade, and
you, like myself and others, had to obev
orders of our superiors ; vaa our dele to
execute and not to ((tiestion. Yon hail no
be used, not only does me, but the other
I gem lemon who signed it, great injustice
in publishing it in a political circular,
: ana nearly every one of them so express
I themselves, aud some go so far as to say
that it is not what they signed.
T. W. KEEN.
Salisbury, N. C, July 23, 1SJ4.
my or of a separate department more to do with the appointment and
could convene a 000ri martial, and 'lualificstiou of court martial thau the
no death penalty oonld be enforced low'"". V"-"'j" «*? »»•»•. charge,
or pardoned, save by his order or
that of the President of the Confed-eracy.
In the progress ot the war rank considered. Yon bad nothing to do
a court martial was estal.lis,h,.-d f,or w* e"l'l'. PII*w2a**«onl?y}"y?o*u™r p "a?inf?u?l "i,l*u,tythU"
each army corps, appointed by the en-cnte the onteta of your mri-or of-
RaiiHhnTv. N. C.,
Julj'-^atli 1HT4.
Dr. T. W. Keen :
Deaf Sir :
I did not sign tbe W. V.
Henderaon recommendatiou thai I aeo in
bis circular hfisiiercd orer the State. Col.
11. pn-M-iiteil it tome, hut it wan stronger
than 1 could higti and I positively refused
BO to do.
Briga'dier Gont-rala had, pei hapx, I however nve him my own ceitilicate
lo with it than any one elso, l^eir as regards the buHin.-se I bad with hiui ;
nothing wore.
Rectpectfullv YOUTH,
W. H. CRAWFORD.
loweal private in the rank
were always profern-d by captains of com-pany
youi _
President, and of one of them*, Boate, You, la my bumble opinion, were
no more responsible for tbe death of those
men than the sherifl of a county when be
hang* a man—according to army regula-tions
aud usages of war.
1 am, yours, reflpoctfullv,
J. II. WELB0BN.
Judge ..oilman, now on the Su
preme Court Bench, by tbe vote of
Ilendersoii and his party, was pres-ident
and controlling spirit and un-der
whose proceedings, by order of
Gen. Lee or the President all the
shooting was done. General Scales
never was on a court martial aud net
er had anything to do icith one, ex-
BaUSBUKT, N. C. July 2-**, l«74.
Col. W. F. Heuilerson read bis letter of
recommendation, or a part of it, to inl-and
stated hid object. I did not under-stand
it as now printed.
T. J. MER0NKY.
Neither did I. A. M SULLIVAN.
I simply understood it as endorsing his
conduct while here, and as an aeseaaor.
Did not read it carefully.
J. D. McNKELY.
GKKKNSIIORO, N. C, July 30, 1874.
It was my duty M Burgeon to supervise
tbe execuiiou of deserters. I waa present
ut the eseentioa of those in Scales' Brig-cept
when he appeared before it in »«»• Tbe certiticatea in Col. Henderson s
behalf of .some of his unfurtllliate c,[cnla[ "fJl,eu b?,nK »l»>t down and not At Col. W. F. Henderson's solicitation I
. «-l i, 1.Tu L-i„ li. ,„ 111 n. alIow'^1 flft**«n minotee to pe»y are abso- Bigr,e,l a letter of recommendation, witb-met.,
which 1..S kind I tart led him |ftl^,W These unfortunate men were ont reading it, supposing, as ho sUted to
to do whenever he could. always ^otined daji beforehand of their me, that it was an endorsement of tho man-
As bearing upon thw point the fate and had ministers of the Gospel sent ner in wbieh be bad oonduoted himself as
.i.llnwiiifr certitic-Jtes are ini.ended to lbelu- Tu*'/ themselves freely con- an assessor of this district, ami nothing
T «• / ti T t Sffi ' -verawl *itb mo about it, and consnlted more. A. J. MOCK,
which eflectually explode this slan-der.
[From Col. John A. Gilmer.]
Gr.KKXSHoKo, N. C, Jnly 38, l-"4.
Cou K. B. WmiKits:
DKAK Snt:—It is a painful thbaght and
cali-ulaied to .-ititu the indignaiion of all
•rood men, that M clloil should be :usde
by political oppooenta to create »R im-pres-
sion among Lhoae who niav not kuow
General A. M. Scales, that he is responsi-ble
for tbe shooting of certain perxous in
hil Uiigaite, who were «o iinl'oitunaie as
to be tried aud condemned by Court
Martial, duritig the war, for desertiou.
Among those who know General Sra'e--.
personally, and art- acquainted with his
character, in which kindliness aud sym-pathy
are pioiuiueiit trails, no denial of
such insinuations is needed. Nor, IncVcdi
is any deuial neeileit among those who are
acquainted with the rules of war which
obtained in the Confederate Arroy.
It therefore can only be hoped by his
opponents, to Impose on the minds of
others_ who, it may be supposed, are ig- i
uorant of these rules or arttclea ot war-ily
these rales II is simply i*atj»anftle for
these charges to be true, for, no whiter I
Conhi f-e .•'"■' eicept by the judgmtMit and
sentence of a Ocaefvl Court Martuif. anil
no General Court Martial could convene at
v ith me aa to the manner iu which they
wished the jwuteuce carried out, so as to
make it as little painful as possible. It
is equally false that General Scales over
bad or einild have ha. any man shot. I Mi(, „„„,,„,.„„ 8i , b „Vfnl lieB
. sanshed that ho was a. mach grieved (|f ^ plMfc , c*r|ify tu.t IoIlIy,ilfnod
toe two first psragrapha of said cireular,
SAI i-ii- itv, N. C, July-.".', 1874.
I have seen W. F. Hendersou's circular,
which there is a recommendation of
whinh refers to the discbarge of bis ofll
cial ditties. I signed this much of It in
his ..Mice in this place after dusk, aud read
wbat I si&rne«l, and if there was anything
further than stated above it was so con-cealed
as not to be observed by me.
P. P. MEKONEY.
Radical Robbery in Louisiana.
An exchange gives the lollowing
account of the last scheme adopted
by tbe Radical thieves for robbing
If convicted the down trodden people of tbe poor
Coneertiny Sugar into Diamonds.
—A French chemist is nourishing
the hope of turning bis laboratory
into a diamond mine. The chief
material with which be works is
sugar. By exposing tbe perfectly-borned
article to a temperature ol
1,800 deg. Fahr., in a closed vessel
without access of air, be has already
obtained a carbon cylinder bard
euougb to cut glass. By this meus
uie of success he is encouraged to
continue his experiment", in full
faith that be will yet be able to
trauslorm the products ot tbe beet
and cane into black diamonds, if
not colorless ones. The idea that
liquid gems course the veins of
these saccharine vegetables is a
marvelous one, and certainly daz-zling
to those engaged in raising
sugar-yielding crops.
Grant has begun the campaign
for the third term.
at these elecutious as any man in tbe
army. He was the kindest cwmmauder
to his men the brigade ever had. and I
served under all of them. I appeal to
any honest soldier of tbe llrigad. tor the
truth of this assertion. When tbe cap-taius,
as they were forced to do, sent up
the charges for desertion snd they came
through the Colonel to the Brigadier, the
latter could do nothing whatever except
lo endorse the paper "respectfully for-warded,"
snd send thsm up to officers of
superior rank, aud then the General com-manding
had t li. in transferred lo the
Judge Adv..cate and the court-martial,
which was outsiue of his brigade, and
had no .tiiiii.ctii.u with It.
the Ce.i...al-in-cln. f approved the verdict oppressed aud over powered Pelican
and ordered them to be shot. Stale •
Those who carried ont the sentence did ■J'5!L" .... , . . ... .
it just as a sheriff would bang a man con- The political harpies that have
deemed to be huug by the court, aud had set themselves to plunder Louisiana
ui. more control over it. have been indefatigable in their
I e»i, say furthermore that I uevercalle. , M roD tbe honest citizens
on the ireneral in my lite, or suggested to ""■ , , , „ , . , .. ...
him anvthiug for tbe comfort an? welfare and rightful property-holders of the
of his men that he didn't cheerfully aud State. Tlu-y have already tried
except nuon tho older of the llelieral I readily grant it, whan ill his power aud Mveral, known Variously a8 the
maaatao ilu aram, or l.y an officer i■•■■«- ; actively co-operate with me in anything ofc. v..__j a.„.| u,.|,„rrto Merii-m
au-arfis. ■• Otf^tment. And even this an- „,„, „, ».„ *£ fur thBir banefiU I WM f,h,P /
Ifland C.anBl "*?*U,"f.1, ™"
thortty waa still more .estiicteil and | w,,i, mv regiment from th* beginning to Gulf Canal scheme, etc.; they have
the end of the war.
II A. CHEEK.
Surgeon i2d N. C. Regiment,
Acting yro urn. tsurgeon of Brigade.
guarded iu the Southern army, hy the .
pas-ago of an act, on the 9th of October r
l-r.-J, which organized a military court for I
each Army corps, over which, ortieers in I
the field had no control, and which alone ,
had the power to trv and condemn for |
I GIIEKNSBOKI., N. C, July 30th, 1*74.
I was (.'apt. of company M, tM Kegt.
i which was knowu afterwards as cV-ale'i
kept the people impoverished by
overvalnation and excessive taxa-tion,
but the boldest and most di-rect
plan of robbery is now under
' going the test of experience. Some
time ago a project was advanced ot
entering a large portion of the
aches of military lew, and even their
judgments, which extended to the taking
of life, to IK-approved bv the authorities ' '" «■■"«■• «"» --"«-»—«■- — ---•«—-■- , tu«""S ».-.»« ,~...™ -.
at the seat of tiovernment, a. Biebmond, Bfigad* in the army no man could b. 8wamp lands around New Orleans
before they .onld be carried Into ex.-...- j shot a. a daaertar, •««Pt°%"'h?*"d: ^s subject to tidal overflow, under
,h.. public will | L%^^o^of1ll.S^^S^^ act of Congress providing
my. A Brigadier General bail i for such entries, at the rate of twen
readily see how unfounded is tho insinu-ation'that
any out w.ls shot by General
Scales' order. Kespt-clfullv.
J. A. G1LHEB.
LBXIHOTOK, July'-".', 1-74.
I hereby certify that I was in Gen. A. j
M. Scales' brigade iu the war; that be I
never ordered any man to be shot, but |
only obeyed the orders of hia superior |
oft'n-ers. and would in all probability have
been shot himself if he had refused to
obey : and it is very unjust to throw upon
him the responsibility of men Mug Hot,
when he really bad uo control over the
matter. General Scales was kind to his
men and very popular with them, and I
never beard auv complaint against bias.
T. S. WELFARE.
The undersigned are well acquainted
with Mr. Welfare, whose name is sub-scribed
above, and know him to be a man
of anod character and of unnnestioned
veracity. kVC. B0BBIH4 y .1.11. HAKOKOVE,
II. B. KOBEKT*.
K. II. HI Ml'llKEYS.
LEXINOIOS, July 29, li74.
I was in the Confederate army, and my
n is that the army regulations
under
ing tli
ll,.
> pov rer it and nothing to do, a
,urt Martial.
J. M. ODELL.
Ihmg
ouch, with a General Court Martial.
The followiug shows what Henderson
who claims to have been such an unflinch-ing
Union man, was doing at the very
time he falsely charges General Scales
with sbuoting deserters.
Rich Fork u c June 23d 1HC4.
GOT. Z. B. Vance
Dear Su it is the desire of niauey per-sons
that you should come to High Point
make a speech and I think you conld do
as much good for your self and make as
mane; vots by coming there as any place
in the state you will have to heare you a
gnat niauey from Davidson Coouty that
was not to heare you at Lexington and I
think for that efort to be made you can
beat > our opponent iu both County Da-vidsou
.V Guilford--
Your obedient servt
W. >'. Henderson
P. S. I ahall take tbe atnmp for yon on
recollectio.. - every ...cation that I can do you any
required charges against men to be mad.. 0l||xl
by esauan othcers: then a court-martial I
w:as called consisting of men msttafcof the ; , 1)anil.i Eaeiek,do certify that Col. W.
brigade to which the man to l>e tried be- .. Uell,[eriwn uu, to my house duriug
longed : so that General Scales eeaU have , a, |1|( (,(,J., h„llr of m-„bt> with.
had nothing t» do with shooting men in , ^ .olhoritT „f i»w, (he being asecos-lus
brigade, except to execute the orders i >ionl,t , ar,„,»a me, committed me to
of officer- superior n. rank to himself, | n in tbe county of Davidson, mat giv-npon
a conviction by a conrt-martial out- ' lh nvihf, ol giving an* aecur-lirfr
of hiaown brigade: and he must have ;f.,,„„./ be ^o^g tu,t I waa op-done
this at the peril of Being Umsau | - .,, to tlie war and no other Ituo„. i
also certify that I know that tbe aaid
Henderson searched barns on the same
night at the dead boor of night with a
pine torch to arrest men to send to the
army of the Confederate States,
hia
DANIEL M ESSICK.
mark.
cashiered or shot upon refusal i<> obey.
F. 0. BOBBINS.
Mr. Ford, whose certificate Hen-derson
parades, says:
I hereby certify that I have given a cer-tificate
to W. F. Henderson tbe Republi-can
nominee for Congress that Haj. Ball,
ty-flve cents an acre. A company
was formed, inclnding leading Radi-cal
politicians, and certificates were
Issued to pretty much all the valu-able
land in the rear of city, inclnd-ing
thousands of acres never Bnbject
to overflow. These lands had been
held under Spanish titles for eighty-years,
and their owners have paid
taxes on them for a quarter ot a
century. But suddenly the proprie-tors
were called upon to appear be-fore
the Register and Receiver of
the city and make good their titles
against the would-be squatters.—
Some did so, bnt the Canal Bank
declined to submit its title to such
a tribunal, and consequently these
officers rendered a decision in favor
of the squatters, which the United
States Commissioner of the Land
Office of course sustained. Conld
such an iniqnitons ruling hold it
would sweep nearly all the land in
the rear of tbe city belonging to old
residents into the hands of Radical
■peculators; bnt shameless as tbe
political role in Louisiana haa been,
it will bo bard to believe that the
Republic of the United States will
directly sustain a band of thievish
ml venturers in robbing the citizens
of Louisiana of their property and
their homes.
Klaaing in Church.
A clergyman in Columbia, Pa.,
on a recent Sunday evening saw
a young man aud woman under the
gallery iu tbe act of kissing each
other behind a hymn book. Now
what did he do 1 lie did not atorm
about tbe pulpit nor did he call ou
a deacon to intervene. He preecrv
ed an uurnffled tranquillity, and
when the yonng man had indulged
asthe rePetit|onHI
Vermont |Sf0
West Virginia. K,
Virginia !«;»
Ontario I>
Wisconsin 407
Colorado C\
Dakota 53
Dist. Columbia. I
Idaho 7
Montana...... l'.l
Washington... H
Canada 'J
Alabama.... i'i|
Arkansas— 4\M
California ... aTM
Connecticut.. :t
Delaware.... 111
Florida 64
Georgia Cln
Illinois 1,4*1
Indiana 1,9ns
Iowa l.ir.i.-.
K.n.a- 1,331
Ken I nekv 1,101
Louisiana.... ISS
Maiue «7
Maryland 101
Massachusetts :.i.
Michigan 400
Minnesota !,:«
Mississippi... 69-.'
Missouri 1,9*9
Grant is worrying himself to
death with the cares of State at
Long Branch.
The Check Rein.—Why is it that
80 many of our farmers, and nearly
all of our city carters, insist on
using a tight rein on working
horses T When a horse left to his
natural inclination has a heavy load
to pull, be can best exert his back
bone into oue continuous line, and
this he will invariab'y do if not pre-vented
by a tight check-rein. Some
claim that it prevents a horse from
falling down, and when a man can
raise himself over a fence by a lift
of bis sus) eiders, we will believe
it When a horse falls a tight rein
will most effectually preveut him
from getting on to bis feet again.
Try it without the rein, and see it
we are uot correct in our nractice
and theory both.—.Journal of the
Farm. ^^^^^^^^^
Medicai View of Asparagus.—A
medical correspondent of an Eng-lish
journal says that tho advan-tages
of asparagus are not suffi-ciently
estimated by those who suf-fer
with rheumatism, who are cured
in a few days by feeding on this
delicious esculent, and more chronic
cases are much relieved, especially
if tbe patient avoids all acids,
whether in food or beverage. The
Jerusalem artichoke has also a sim-ilar
effect in relieving rheumatism.
The heads may be eaten in the usual
way, bnt tea made from the leaves
of the stalk and drank three or four
times a day, is a certain remedy,
though not equally agreeable.
Nebraska SS7
N. Hampshire 31
Making iu tho aggregate l!i, I'.u
subordinate granges on the 1st of
June. Granges are being organized
at the average rate ol twenty-five
per day, which, up to tbe present,
would swell the number to 20,000.
These granges, on an average, num-ber
fifty votes, and it requires no
figuring to show tint to-day there
are in tho United States 1,000,000
voters who are Patrons of Hus-bandry.
Where It All Cornea from.
A writer on " hair" says:
"Though tho day for the best
bargains has gone, it is still not un-common
to obtain a magnificent
chereUure from the Bretou peasant.
for a gaudy cotton handkerchief or
a twenty sous pair of ear-rings.
Tying his horse to a spreading tree,
the hair-monger, armed with a iorm-idable
pair of scissors, soon attracts
a crowd of village maidens, who,
after a little haggling, submit to be
sheared like so mauy sheep. After
dexterously and gracefully clippiug
the locks he deposits them, neatly
tied, in his baskets and Jeannie is
liberated, to be greeted with shouts
aud laughter from her companions,
for so well has the work been done
that her head haa tbe appearance
of being shaved. No where but iu
Brittany will tbe girls submit to
this wholesale cropping, insisting
upon preserving a few thin locks at
least ol nature's fairest gifts. In
that province, however, where the
oustom is lor women to wear hid
eons, close fitting caps, hair which
would be tho glory of American
ladies is useless, aud it is there that
the hair-merchant reaps his nuuesl
harvest.''
KdiUnr.—An editor tz a male be-ing
whose business iz to navigate a
unzepaper. He writes editorials,
grinds out 'Hietry, insertsdetIts ami
weddens, sorts out ninnnskripts.
keeps a want* bftmket, blows np the
•devil,' steals matter. II w other
people's battles, sells In/ i..|.-
two dollars ami fifty cents a year,
takes white beons aud apple sa-s
for pay when lie kin git it, raizes a
large family, works nineteen hours
ont of every twenty-four, knoze no
Sunday, gits damd by everybody,
and ouce in a while wbipt hi some
body, wbeu he cant run, lives poor,
dies middle-aged and often broken
hearted, leaves no money, iz re-warded
for a life uv toil with a
short but free obituary puff in tho
nuzepapers. Exchanges pleaze copy.
Josh Billings-
Substitute the word Conservative
for Republican iu the above and it
expresses onr sentiments to a dot-